What Makes Urban Communities More Resilient to COVID-19? A Systematic Review of Current Evidence

Peng Cui (), Zhiyu Dong, Xin Yao, Yifei Cao, Yifan Sun and Lan Feng
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Peng Cui: Department of Engineering Management, School of Civil Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
Zhiyu Dong: Department of Engineering Management, School of Civil Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
Xin Yao: Department of Engineering Management, School of Civil Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
Yifei Cao: Department of Engineering Management, School of Civil Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
Yifan Sun: Department of Engineering Management, School of Civil Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
Lan Feng: Department of Engineering Management, School of Civil Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 17, 1-15

Abstract: It has been more than two years since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic at the end of 2019. Many scholars have introduced the “resilience” concept into COVID-19 prevention and control to make up for the deficiencies in traditional community governance. This study analyzed the progress in research on social resilience, which is an important component of community resilience, focusing on the current literature on the impact of social resilience on COVID-19, and proposed a generalized dimension to integrated previous relevant literature. Then, VOSviewer was used to visualize and analyze the current progress of research on social resilience. The PRISMA method was used to collate studies on social resilience to the pandemic. The result showed that many current policies are effective in controlling COVID-19, but some key factors, such as vulnerable groups, social assistance, and socioeconomics, affect proper social functioning. Some scholars have proposed effective solutions to improve social resilience, such as establishing an assessment framework, identifying priority inoculation groups, and improving access to technology and cultural communication. Social resilience to COVID-19 can be enhanced by both external interventions and internal regulation. Social resilience requires these two aspects to be coordinated to strengthen community and urban pandemic resilience.

Keywords: urban communities; COVID-19; social resilience; systematic literature review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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